/*
 * Deliverer.java    0.0.1    08/dic/2009
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2009 mentalsmash.org
 * 
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 */ 
package org.mentalsmash.tazio.transparency.interfaces;

import org.mentalsmash.tazio.transparency.commons.messages.TazioMessage;

/**
 * A Deliverer is created every time a message has to be sent to a remote recipient. The 
 * purpose of a deliverer is to send the message to at least one the recipients it is 
 * provided with.
 * 
 * @version 0.0.1	08/dic/2009
 * @author Enrico Savioli <savioli.enrico@gmail.com>
 */
public interface Deliverer {

	/**
	 * This is the method that has to be invoked to make the Deliverer send its message to 
	 * its recipients.
	 * 
	 * @return	the {@link TazioMessage} that was received as an answer to the sent message.
	 */
	TazioMessage doDeliver();
	
}
